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eChallenges e-2015 Final Programme
Vilnius, Lithuania
25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015 25 - 26 November 2015
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Introduction
The eChallenges e-2015 Conference takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania. This is the twenty-fifth in a series of annual technology research conferences supported by the European Commission and technically sponsored by IEEE. eChallenges brings together senior representatives from leading public, private, education and research organisations around the world to share knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice.
Thematic areas addressed during the Conference include Cloud Computing; Smart Cities & Smart Grid;
eGovernment; eHealth; eInclusion; Living Labs; ICT4D, Intelligent Content; Networked, Smart & Virtual Organisations; Digital Preservation & Digital Libraries; International Cooperation and Technology Enhanced Learning.
The reputation of the eChallenges Conference Series is based on its international perspective and its focus on high quality papers, discussion and networking. The opening plenary session will focus on Horizon 2020 and closing plenary on Innovation. Thematically focused parallel sessions provide coherence to a programme featuring an invigorating mix of business and government case studies, technical and policy papers and participatory workshops.
The goals of eChallenges e-2015 are to promote ICT Entrepreneurship and Innovation, facilitate Information Society and Applied ICT related knowledge sharing between government, industry and research stakeholders, raise awareness of the current state of eAdoption in developing countries, stimulate rapid take- up of RTD results by the public and private sectors, and identify opportunities for ICT related research and innovation collaboration under Horizon 2020.
Who will you meet at e-2015?
The eChallenges Conference Series attracts policy makers, practitioners and researchers from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world. Participants include Ministers, Director-Generals, policy makers, senior & middle managers, professors & graduate students, project managers, software engineers and researchers.
eChallenges e-2015 provides a prestigious international forum to increase awareness of exploitable ICT research results and applications, whether funded privately or publicly.
The eChallenges Community is open, inclusive and welcoming, providing an excellent networking environment to discuss problems and new ideas, share knowledge and experience, and obtain feedback from potential users.
The eChallenges Conference Series also provides a unique opportunity to identify partners and opportunities to cooperate in international research projects co-funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020.
The Venue
eChallenges e-2015 Conference takes place in the Crowne Plaza, M. K. Ciurlionio 84, LT03100 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Crowne Plaza Vilnius is 15 - 20 minutes by taxi from Vilnius International Airport.
The Programme
The Conference Programme combines strategic keynote presentations related to Horizon 2020, technical papers, business and government case
studies and interactive workshop sessions.
The Opening Plenary on Wednesday morning is dedicated to sharing insights into Horizon 2020. Take this opportunity to learn about Horizon 2020 and meet new partners for collaboration.
The Closing Plenary on Friday focuses on Innovation and insight into progress with the initiatives funded by FI-PPP Phase 3 Accelerators.
As well as opening and closing Plenary Sessions, delegates may participate in over 18 thematically focused parallel sessions featuring different aspects of Cloud Computing; eGovernment; eHealth; Intelligent Content and Semantics; International Cooperation;
Societal Implications of Technology and Technology Enhanced Learning. Session Chairs will ensure active discussion and facilitate delegate participation and networking with other participants.
The Conference Programme is subject to change, and the eChallenges e-2015 Organising Committee reserves the right to alter the contents, venue and/
or speakers. Please check the Conference Portal regularly for the most up to date Online Programme.
Networking Support
Networking is a key feature of the eChallenges Conference Series, and is facilitated in a number of practical ways. Paper and workshop sessions are designed to maximise knowledge sharing by providing time for interactive discussions during the Conference Programme itself.
A number of dedicated networking areas are provided at the venue to facilitate spontaneous meetings by small groups. Finally, the Delegate Showcase on the eChallenges portal (www.eChallenges.
org) allows registered delegates and presenters to
Conference
publish personalised profiles to facilitate networking before, during and after the Conference.
Security, Health and Safety
Please wear your name badge for all eChallenges e-2015 activities, as it is your identification and allows you access to the facilities on offer.
Unfortunately, conferences provide a tempting target for thieves, so please take care of bags, personal computers and other personal belongings.
The organisers cannot accept any responsibility for losses incurred or for personal health and safety.
Delegates should ensure they have personal health insurance and take the usual care when exploring the city of Vilnius. It is also necessary to have adequate insurance for laptops, mobile phones and other electronic equipment. Any special needs or requirements should be dealt with by contacting the conference secretariat prior to the event.
Hotel Accommodation
eChallenges e-2015 Conference takes place in the Crowne Plaza, M. K. Ciurlionio 84, LT03100 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Crowne Plaza Vilnius is 15 - 20 minutes by taxi from Vilnius International Airport.
eChallenges e-2015 delegates are strongly recommended to book their accommodation online early, as Vilnius is busy the week the Conference takes place. While the Conference Organisers will try to accommodate delegates, rooms in the Hiltonwill be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
The most up to date information in relation to hotel room availability is available on the eChallenges Portal (www.eChallenges.org).
Networking Dinner
The Organising Committee are pleased to announce that a Networking Dinner will be held in the Crowne Plaza on Wednesday 25 November.
As there is a fixed capacity it is necessary to pre- register by 23 November.
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, with the Old Town listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Things to see in Vilnius include a walk through Old Town, Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Tower, Gates of Dawn, St Annes Church, Vilnius Town Hall and Vilnius University.
Shopping areas include Pilies and Didzioji streets in the Old Town, Gedimion Street and Akropolis Shopping Centre.
Things to see outside Vilnius include the Castle at Trakai and Neris Regional Park.
Please note that the currency in Lithuania is euro.
Transport
From Vilnius International Airport, a taxi to the Crown Plaza will cost around 10 euro.
It is approximately 40 minutes walking from Crown Plaza to the Old Town.
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the Framework Programme to implement the Innovation Union with research and innovation funds of €80 billion from 2014 - 2020.
Horizon 2020 will address all research and innovation funding that was previously provided through the Framework Programmes for Research and Technical Development (e.g. FP7), Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) and European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
Key pillars include:
Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges
The ICT (LEIT) Calls in 2015 close on 12 April 2016.
Learn more about specific calls during the Opening Plenary.
For more information, please visit http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm
International Programme Committee
A distinguished Programme Committee has been formed to review and provide actionable feedback on extended abstracts, draft final papers and presentations, and chair sessions.
The e-2015 Programme Committee includes
• Paul Cunningham, IIMC, Ireland (Chair)
• Dr. Andreas Abecker, disy Informationssysteme GmbH, Germany
• Miriam Cunningham, IIMC, Ireland
• Kim Davis, Research Council of Norway
• Prof. Asuman Dogac, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Prof Gintautas Dzemyda, Vilnius University, Lithuania
• Bastian Koller, HLRS, Germany
• Ken McHugh, Cognitive Edge, Singapore
• Jesse B.T. Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato, Italy
• Andrius Pleckaitis, INFOBALT, Lithuanian ICT Association, Lithuania
• Vytautas Ramonaitis, Cellular Expert, Lithuania
• Peter Stanbridge, Korora Limited, UK
• Richard Stevens, Stevens Consultants, Italy
• Dr Mindaugas Varanauskas, UAB Omnitel, Lithuania
• Prof. Peter Weiss, Weiss4, Germany
• Dr. Robert Woitsch BOC Asset Management GmbH, Austria
• Prof. Jim Yip, UK
Organising Committee
• Miriam Cunningham, IIMC Ltd, Ireland
• Paul Cunningham, IIMC Ltd, Ireland
Conference Secretariat
IIMC Ltd
13 Docklands Innovation Park, 128 East Wall Road,
Dublin 3, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1 8170607 Fax: +353 (0) 1 8170606
e-mail: [email protected]
Conference Portal/Delegate Showcase
www.eChallenges.org
Plenary Speakers and Panelists confirmed as at 20 November 2015 include:
• Morten Moller, DG CONNECT, European Commission, Belgium
• Anzelma Ūselienė, MITA, Lithuania
• Edgaras Leichteris, Knowledge Economy Forum, Lithuania
• Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
Edgaras Leichteris Knowledge Economy
Forum, Lithuania Morten Moller
DG CONNECT, European Commission,
Belgium
Conference
14:00 Workshop 3a: eGovernment
Chair: Leulseged Alemie, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ethiopia
A Novel Framework of an Expert System by integrating Capability Approach and BRB to Evaluate E-Government Services
Karl Andersson, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Lessons Learnt from the Use of Prosperity Indicators in Policy Making: Towards Community-Generated Indicators
Ourania Markaki, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Lithuanian National Platform of Electronic Documents: Towards Cross-Border Interoperability
Antanas Mitasiunas, Mit-SOFT Ltd, Lithuania
14:00 Workshop 3b: Enhancing Content for Enriched User Experience in Media Consumption
Chair: Barry Smith, Bibliographic Data Services, United Kingdom Entity Linking in Media Content and User Comments:
Connecting Data to Wikipedia and other Knowledge Bases David Tomás, University of Alicante, Spain
Creating Dynamic TV Viewer Communities to Increase User Engagement
Marco Tiemann, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Benefits of Using Ranking Skip-Gram Techniques for Opinion Mining Approaches
Yoan Gutiérrez, University of Alicante, Spain
14:00 Workshop 3c: IST-Africa - ICT 39 & Showcasing African Research Capacity
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland ICT Research Capacity in Egypt
Haitham Hamza, Software Engineering Competence Centre, Egypt ICT Research Capacity in Tunisia
Noureddine Hamdi, Ministere de l’Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Tunisia
ICT Research Capacity in Senegal
Toumane Doumbouya, Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche , Senegal
ICT Research Capacity in Cameroon
Njei Check, National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies , Cameroon
ICT Research Capacity in Malawi
Gift Kadzamira, National Commission for Science & Technology, Malawi
15:30 Coffee Break & Networking 16:00 Session 4a: Product Innovation
Chair: Robert Woitsch, BOC Asset Management GmbH, Austria A Prototype-Based Case Study of Secure Mobile Payments Till Halbach, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
c-Space: 3D Visualization and Modelling of Digital Models on Mobile Devices
Davide Lotto, Fondazione Graphitech, Italy
Commercialization of Composite Software Resulting from Collaborative Research
Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, University St. Gallen, Switzerland A Comparative Analysis of Online Crowdfunding Platforms in USA, Europe and Asia
Endrit Kromidha, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Configurable Software Robots Concept in the IT Industry Jelena Pujanauskiene, 1ClickFactory, Lithuania
16:00 Session 4b: Enhancing Content for Enriched User Experience in Media Consumption
Chair: David Tomás, University of Alicante, Spain
Context Management and Analysis for Social TV Platforms Christina Santzaridou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Combining Three Thriving Business Areas to enable
Monetisation for Content Providers and, Ultimately, Value to the End User
Juan Vicente Vidagany Espert, TIE Kinetix, Netherlands
Wednesday, November 25, 2016
09:00 Opening Plenary 1a: Horizon 2020 Welcome
Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
ICT Priorities in H2020 2016-17 Work Programme
Morten Moller, DG CONNECT, European Commission, Belgium Lithuanian Participation in FP7 and H2020
Anzelma Ūselienė, MITA, Lithuania Questions & Answers
10:30 Coffee Break & Networking 11:00 Session 2a: eGovernment
Chair: Njei Check, National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies, Cameroon
Issues Arising from the Specification of an Information Acquisition and Analysis Toolkit for Policy Makers in Governmental and Legislative Institutions
Steve Taylor, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
e-CODEX: a few cases in shaping the European Payment Order Procedures across Member States
Natalie Nickel, Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Wesphalia, Germany
Fostering transparency and participation in the data-based society: a Sustainable Architecture for a Social Platform for Open Data
Vittorio Scarano, Università di Salerno, Italy 11:00 Session 2b: Digital Libraries and Intelligent Content Chair: Ken McHugh, Tigerspike, Singapore
Current lack of interoperability among submission information packages and the bright future
Tarvo Kärberg, National Archives of Estonia, Estonia An Open Source Implementation of Business Intelligence Systems: A Case of the Technical University of Kenya Ishmael Obonyo, University of Nairobi, Kenya
An Upper Abstraction Layer for ‘Reasoning’ on CAAD Tools - Two interfaces
Antonio Fioravanti, Sapienza - University of Rome, Italy
1100 Workshop 3c: IST-Africa - ICT 39 & Showcasing African Research Capacity
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland ICT39 - Cooperation with Africa
Morten Moller, DG CONNECT, European Commission, Belgium ICT Research Capacity in Kenya
Jacob Njagih, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya ICT Research Capacity in Ethiopia
Leulseged Alemie, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ethiopia
ICT Research Capacity in Uganda
Maxwell Otim, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology , Uganda
ICT Research Capacity in Burundi
Augustin Nsabiyumva, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Burundi
ICT Research Capacity in Tanzania Mauridi Abubakari, COSTECH, Tanzania 12:30 Lunch & Networking
Media Content Linking, Semantic Annotation and Syndication in Social Enabled, Multiscreen Environments
Alexandros Psychas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Multi-Genre Summarization: Approach, Potentials and
Challenges
Isabel Moreno, University of Alicante, Spain
16:00 Workshop 4c: IST-Africa - Showcasing African Research Capacity Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
ICT Research Capacity in Mauritius
Ashwin Seegolam, National Computer Board/ Open University Mauritius, Mauritius
ICT Research Capacity in Lesotho
Lefa Thamae, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Lesotho
ICT Research Capacity in Botswana
Phodiso Potesh Phole, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Botswana
ICT Research Capacity in Namibia
Ebenhezer Kauhonina, National Commission on Research, Science and Technology, Namibia
ICT Research Capacity in South Africa
Peacemaker Dlamini, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
17:30 End of Sessions
19:00 - 21:00 Networking Dinner for pre-registered delegates
09:00 Session 5a: Cloud Computing Chair: Ken McHugh, Tigerspike, Singapore
Business Processes as a Service: A Model-Based Approach to align Business with Cloud offerings
Robert Woitsch, BOC Asset Management GmbH, Austria Lessons Learnt from a joint EC Co-funded PCP - Cloud for Europe
Eleonora Kuiper, Tax and Customs Administration , Netherlands Implementation of Hybrid Cloud Storage Based on CDMI Protocol
Pavel Skvortsov, University of Stuttgart, Germany A Framework for a Cost Efficient Cloud Ecosystem Philipp Leitner, University of Zurich, Switzerlan 09:00 Session 5b: eHealth
Chair: Gintautas Dzemyda, Vilnius University, Lithuania
medVC - a Remote Collaboration Solution Enhanced with Cloud Services and Future Internet Capacities
Sergiusz Zielinski, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland
Enhancing Mobile Spontaneous Adverse Drug Event Reporting through Electronic Health Records
Mehmet Kubilay Kahveci, SRDC Ltd., Turkey
Legal Requirement Clusters as Means to Build Legally Interoperable Data Bridges between Research Infrastructures Wolfgang Kuchinke, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Portugal’s SICO: A new Dimension to Mortality Forecasts in Real Time
Cristiano Marques, Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, Portugal
Integration of Smart Wearable Mobile Devices and Cloud Computing in South African Healthcare
Promise Mvelase, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
09:00 Session 5c: Social Implications of Technology Chair: Vytautas Ramonaitis, Cellular Expert, Lithuania
Elektr-O-Mat - A Participation Game to Match and Explore the Relationship between (Electro-)Mobility and Citizens’ Needs Rica Rieth, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany
Data-Driven and Value Sensitive Urban Decision Making Susanne Dobner, Centre for Social Innvation, Austria
Sustainability and Competitiveness through Digital Product- Service-Systems
Bernhard Kölmel, HS Pforzheim, Germany
User Involvement and Testing in Interaction Design: Do We Pay Enough Attention to the Users?
Hanne Sørum, Westerdals Oslo ACT, Norway
Intention based Enhancement of Reaching and Grasping Arjen Bergsma, University of Twente, Netherland
10:30 Coffee Break & Networking 11:00 Session 6a: eInfrastructures
Chair: Haitham Hamza, Software Engineering Competence Centre, Egypt Centre of Excellence for HPC and Engineering: Concept Development
Anna Palaiologk, HLRS, Germany
Capacity-building Across Sectors: Making a Reference Platform for INSPIRE Implementation, Interoperability and Reusability
Thursday,
November 26,
2015
Conference
ENERGIC-OD Virtual Hubs: a brokered architecture for facilitating Open Data sharing and use
Paolo Mazzetti, CNR, Italy
Interoperability Profiles for Disaster Management and Maritime Surveillance
Mert Gençtürk, SRDC LTD., Turkey
11:00 Session 6c: Societal Implications of Technologies
Chair: Gift Kadzamira, National Commission for Science & Technology, Malawi
ICT as an Enabler to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals for Developing Countries: A Proposed Assessment Approach Ashwin Seegolam, National Computer Board/ Open University Mauritius, Mauritius
Hybrid Multiservice Demand Responsive Mobility Service for Developing Countries
Jecinta Kamau, Kyushu University, Japan eEducation and its societal implications Daria Catalui, ENISA, Greece
Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Physical Assistant Robots Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Università di Bologna, Spain
12:30 Lunch & Networking
13:30 Session 7a: Future Internet and Energy Efficiency Chair: Andrius Pleckaitis, INFOBALT, Lithuanian ICT Association, Lithuania
FIWARE Generic Enablers as Building Blocks of a Marketplace for Energy
Dario Pellegrino, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Italy Building Green City with Green Choices in Traffic Olli Ojala, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland An Energy Monitoring based Approach to predict Energy Wastage in the Manufacturing Industry
Sebastian Schmitz, FIR at RWTH Aachen, Germany 13:30 Workshop 7b: Addressing the Societal Challenge of Visual
Impairment through European Procurers Platforms Chair: Giuliana Vitiello, University of Salerno, Italy
Visual impairment- A need assessment methodology based on a systemic approach with the innovation as the paradigm Vincenzo Vella, AQuAS, Spain
A cross-border multifaceted contextual inquiry for problem domain analysis through a dedicated web portal
Genny Tortora, University of Salerno Italy, Italy
Study of the state of the art for visual impairment technologies – initial findings
Stephen Taylor, AREA Science Park, Italy 15:00 Coffee Break & Networking
15:30 Workshop 8a: Conceptual Modelling and Semantics for Value- based Knowledge Transfer
Chair: Robert Woitsch, BOC Asset Management GmbH, Austria
Modeling for Learning in Complex Organizations - the Learn PAd Approach
Alfonso Pierantonio, University of L’Aquila, Italy
Knowledge Work Designer - Integrating Business Processes, Case Management and Decision Making
Knut Hinkelmann, FHNW University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
Designing Modelling Methods: The Learn PAd Scenario Nesat Efendioglu, BOC Asset Management GmbH, Austria A Tool for Visual Specification and Verification for Secure Process Movements
Moonkun Lee, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea Learn PAd: Model-Based Social Learning for Pubic Administrations
Darius Šilingas, No Magic Europe, Lithuania 15:30 Session 8b: Technology-enhanced Learning
Chair: Andrius Pleckaitis, INFOBALT, Lithuanian ICT Association, Lithuania
Digitizing Curricula: An Approach for Digital Usability Henning Eriksson, Umeå University, Sweden
How Video Lecture Capture Affects Student Engagement in a Higher Education Computer Programming Course: A Study of Attendance, Video Viewing Behaviours and Student Attitude Aidan McGowan, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom Exploring the Benefits of Augmented Reality in Higher Education Learning
Alexander Okolo, Middlesex University Mauritius Branch Campus, Mauritius
I Know How That Feels – An Empathic Robot Tutor Arvid Kappas, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Germany An Approach to a Graph-Based Model for Encouraging Transfer of Knowledge in Learning Activities
Alvaro Fernández Del Carpio, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Peru
R&E Networking and Medical Communities Join Forces to Combat Dengue Fever
Bu-Sung Lee, Singapore Advanced Research and Education Networks, Singapore
17:00 Closing Plenary 9a
Putting e-2015 Results into Practice: Challenges for the National Innovation System
Edgaras Leichteris, Knowledge Economy Forum, Lithuania FI-IMPACT Analysis of FIWARE projects to date Paul Cunningham, IIMC, Ireland
The Programme is subject to change. This Programme is accruate as at 20 November 2015.